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7/27/2019 Current Affairs 2013 (Alphanumeric)

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The first Britisher to perform a space walk, who retired from NASA in the second week of August 2013 - Colin Michael Foale

Name of the largest blast furnace of India which was operationalised by SAIL on 10 August 2013- Durga

Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013 and capture her 54th WTA singles title- Serena Williams

Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different way- Magnetic

Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Name the captain of the 18-member hockey squad of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 2013- Sardar Singh

Date on which International Lefthanders Day is celebrated across the world- 13 August

Name of the First Twitter Hotel opened in Spain by the Melia brand of hotels- Social Wave House

Name of the oldest Penguin who on 12 August 2013 turned 36 years old- King Penguin Missy

Body which proposed first season of the Indian Badminton League (IBL)- Badminton Association of India (BAI)

Name of the host country of 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championships- Philippines

Name the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of modern rats recently unearthed in China- Rugosodon eurasiaticus

Name of one of the most endangered bird species of the world that made a comeback in the US- Puerto Rican parrot

Place at which The Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) 2013, the biggest travel trade show of India started- Ahmadabad, Gujarat

The former Prime Minister of Nepal who died on 15 August 2013 after battling with lung cancer- Marich Man Singh Shrestha

Name the person who was termed as the Beast of Ukraine. He was the serial killer who recently d ied in prison- Anatoly

Onoprienko

Name of the US actress who passed away on 25 August 2013 at the age of 87 years and holds the record of most Tony awards win

Julie Harris

Indias under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013, after defeating-

Pakistan

Indian tennis player who lifted the womens doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open alon g with her partner Jie Zheng of

China- Sania Mirza

Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013 awarded to- Vinod Prakash Sharma

Name the tribal community of Sri Lanka that was felicitated on 9 August 2013 by Mahinda Rajapak sa on the occasion of the World

Indigenous Peoples Day- Veddas

The eminent Indian classical singer and music director known as the vocalist of Jayadevas Gita Govind, who passed away in

Bhubaneswar- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi

Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Pea ce and Freedom of- the Mahathi

award for Global Peace


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Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting of the Year (2013) was won by- Shalini Singh, a Deputy Editor of The Hindu

Indian women's Recurve team defeated this team to win gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw, Poland- South

Korean Team

Person who coined the term BRIC in 2001. He is the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs- Jim O Neil

The soccer team to win UEFA Super Cup 2013 on 30 August 2013- Bayern Munich

The person to be recommended as next ONGC chief by the Public Enterprises Selection Board- Dinesh K Sarraf

The Joint Air force exercise to be held by China and Pakistan- Shaheen-2

The 21st round of Boundary talks between Bhutan and China held in the city- Thimphu

5th India-China Strategic Dialogue held in the City- New Delhi

The person to be sworn in as the new President of Iran- Hassan Rouhani

Worlds first talking robot Kirobo was successfully sent into space on 4 August 2013 by Japanese Scientists.

Indian Junior Women Hockey team won its first ever Bronze medal in ERGO Hockey Junior World Cup at Monchengladbac

Germany on 4 August 2013. India beat England by 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 4 August 2013 expanded his cabinet by inducting six new ministers. Jharkhand

Governor Syed Ahmed administered the oath to all the new ministers at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.

SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri will be retiring in September 2012.

ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front), the political party of the incumbent President Robert Mugabe. With

this win, Mugabe has won his seventh term to the office of the President of Zimbabwe.

Runa Laila, the SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS visited I ndia from 31 July 2013 to 2 August 2013. Apart from her, Ajay

Devgan from India as well as Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy from Pakistan have also been conferred with this title.

Russia on 1 August 2013 granted one year Asylum to Edward J. Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker.

World Indigenous Peoples Day is observed on 9th August. It was first observed in the 1995.

Mars one in the first week of August 2013 announced that more than one lakh people have appl ied for a one-way trip the Mars(the red planet). The Mars One Project is scheduled to be started in 2022. Bas Lansdorp is the CEO and co-founder of Mars One.

The World Games 2013 took place in Cali, Colombia from 25 July 2013 to 4 August 2013. The next World Games 2017 will be

hosted by Wrocaw, Poland. Aditya Mehta, the Professional Snooker Player of India won the maiden Gold Medal in 2013 World

Games in Snooker discipline.

Maharashtra State Government on 7 August 2013 became the first state in the country to disburse salary of its staff through thei

Aadhaar-linked bank accounts

Sugathakumari, the Malayalam poetess on 2 August 2013 won the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2012 for Manalezhuthu


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The Person who succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by Manmohan Singh- Sujata Singh

The vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University who on 1 July 2013 appointed as the 20th Lt Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung

Turkey completed a Trial Run of World's Deepest Rail Tunnel

The Person who on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)- Sunil Soni

The first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for bu siness excellence in June 2013

Vandana Gandhi

The U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse who died on 3 July 2013 at age of 88- Douglas Engelbart

The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim president of Egypt till the next elections takes place succeeding Mohamed Morsi

who was removed after a military coup- Adli Mansour

Renowned Madhubani painting artist who died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013- Mahasundari Devi

The former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed as the President of NASSCOM on 5 July

2013- R. Chandrasekhar

The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (Internatio nal Indian Film Academy) awards

2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan

Senior parliamentarian who on 4 July 2013 was appointed as the new governor of Sikkim- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

Former Delhi police Chief, who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Governor of Meghalaya - KK Paul

An acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological Researc h Institute (CFTRI) who died on

9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia

The Person who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands- Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh

The Theme of world Population day observed across the World on 11 July 2013- Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy

Indian Parsi conductor of western classical music who was selected to be honoured with Tagore Award 2013- Zubin Mehta

The legendary actor and the proud recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award who died on 12 July 2013

Pran

The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police and w ill be succeeding Neeraj KumarBhim Sain Bassi

The Person who was administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he President of India on 19 July 2013

Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

The Chief Justice of India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short term of just nine months- Justice Altamas Kabir

The day which was observed as Nelson Mandela International Day to inspire people to be an agent of change- 18 July 2013

82 Years old Veteran Tamil film lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July 2013 - Vaali


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An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha Desai Biswal

South Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per UNESCO announcement- Incheon

Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen

Mathew

The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of GST Panel - Abdul Rahim

Rather

The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India

Arvind Sharma

Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 fo llowed a brief illness- Manjula

Vijayakumar

The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the London hospital - Kate Middleton

Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013

Jhumpa Lahiri

The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who died in Gurgaon on 25 July

2013- Arun Nehru

The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excelle nt performance in the year 2012

13- Paradip Port

The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85

years- Jagdish Raj

Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award- Amjad Ali Khan

The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnat aka. He was 83 years of age- SN

Hanumantha Rao

The principal architect of Indias missile programmes who on 31 May 2013was appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to

defence minister- Avinash Chander

The person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal- Rajiv Shukla

The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment bythe end of year 2014- Glide Bombs

The Person who was appointed new Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 - Rami Hamdallah

The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai Jiah Khan

The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five schoolmates- Raghav Joneja

The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of

Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq


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The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years- Lydia

Nsekera

The theme of World Environment Day which was observed on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce Your Foodprint

The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013 - Susan Elizabeth

Rice

The Australian radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded with Jock by the employer- Michael Christian

The Person who on 6 June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of India Bank Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath

The Irish writer who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is the portrayal of Ireland o

2053- Kevin Barry

The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights - Centra

Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)

Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his nove ls The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013

Iain Banks

The BJP leader who resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi was selected as the chairman

partys election campaign- LK Advani

A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya Charan

Shukla

The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was celebrated on 12 June 2013- No to Child Labour in Domestic Work

The first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at West Point- Sneha Singh

The First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway

The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II - Anish Kapoor

The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistans Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram - Kanji Ram

The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its

68th session- John William Ashe

One of the founders of RAW, who passed away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with cancer - Bahukutumbi Raman

The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsias India board- Ratan Tata

The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election in Iran on 15 June 2013 - Hassan Rohani

The Malaysian author who was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening

Mists- Tan Twan Eng

The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013- Amo

Rajan


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The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013

Subramanian Ramadorai

The Chinese supercomputer which is declared is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe-2

The Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar Deepak Das- An Ardent PatriotDinesh

Goswami

The Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman - Abdu

Hamid

An IAS officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government - Prasanna

Kumar Mohanty

The Former President of Pakistan who was imposed with a lifetime ban from contesting elections- Pervez Musharraf

The communication Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province - Zhongxing

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The last British member of the Church of North Indias Delhi Brotherhood who passed away on 30 April 2013- Father Ian Weathral

The day celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme safe to Speak - 3 May 2013

The Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahores Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah

hospital- Sarabjit Singh

The young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013-

Aparajita Datta

The former tour player and president of ATP since January 2012 who died on 3 May 2013- Brad Drewett

The Person who on 3 May 2013 took over the office of Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand for second time- Subhash Kumar

The prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto assassination case was gunned down in Islamabad

Zulfiqar Ali

Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work out on fair trials for the Italian Marines

Staffan de Mistura

The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May 2013 at Rome after serving as the Italian Pri me Minister seven times between 1972

and 1992- Giulio Andreotti

The first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India concluded at Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013 - Spice

Coast Open

The Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who w ere named as the recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013- Youssou Ndour and

Kaija Saariaho

An Indian conglomerate company who created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May 2013 when its 121653 workers sang Indias

national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India Pariwar


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The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May

2013- Sanaullah Ranjay

The person who was appointed as the Head of the World Trade Organization and will take the charge of his office from outgoing

Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo

The English film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013 in Virginia Water, Surrey following the long

illness- Bryan Forbes

The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement 10 May 2013-

Pran

The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was sworn in as the 22nd chief minister of the state of Karnataka

K Siddaramaiah

The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress Party who died due to cardiac arrestHarvansh Singh

The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipient of National Communal Harmony Award in 1997, who died on 14 May 2013 - Asghar Al

Engineer

The acting director of IRS who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agency's handling of conservative groups seeking tax

exempt status- Steven Miller

The Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal Pradesh as the term of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J

Singh ended in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma

The Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit- the world's highest mountain- Raha Moharrak

The place where the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded on 18 May 2013- New Delhi

The Person who on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest. Samina Baig is 22 years of age -

Samina Baig

NASAs Mars Rover which broke the 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after 9 long years of Mars

exploration- Opportunity rover

The Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting

which is ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore

The Person who on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)- M F Farooqui

The bank which had won the prestigious FE Indias Best Banks Award-2012-13 in recognition of its strong fundamentals and

dynamic growth model- J&K Bank

The Day declared by United Nations General Assembly as the World Autism Awareness Day- 2 April

The Place where Olive Crown Awards 2013 took place on 1 April 2013- Mumbai

The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013 inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought at India Institute of Kings College,

London- Chandresh Kumari Katoch


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Oscar Winning Screenplay Writer, who died in New York on 3 April 2013- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new director of the state -owned Oil and Natural Gas Corps (ONGC

Exploration- Narendra Kumar Verma

The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died at the age of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute

of Chicago-Roger Ebert

Padma Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013-

Bratindra Nath Mukherjee

The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was elected as the President of the industry body (CII)

for the year 2013-14- S Gopalakrishnan

The Country where SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded on 5 April 2013- Nepal

The city where 2 day International Workshop on Green National Accounting for India Concluded on 6 April 2013- New Delhi

The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the Nationa l Award for Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12 on 5 Apri

2013- Lalit Suri Hospitality Group

The person who became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr. Abhilash Tomy

The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain who died at the age of 87 following a stroke on 8 April 2013- Margare

Thatcher

The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the NASSCOM for its the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakuma

Natarajan

The place where the 2013 Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) ceremony took place on 6 April 2013- BC Place, Vancouver

The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta

The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership

Awards in New Delhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd

The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic missile

The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood day across India -11 April 2013

The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on populat ion and Development on 11

April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien

The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywoods Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April 2013- Pran

The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-continent decessive past died at Kolkata at the age of

104 years - Binod Bihari Chowdhary

The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April 2013 after falling out with President Mahmud Abbas- Salam Fayyad

The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-elected as the national President of Janata Dal (United) for third time in a row, on 14

April 2013-Sharad Yadav


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The Person who was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on 14 April 2013 - Nicolas Maduro

The Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013- Raj Chetty

The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, was figured among the top three most admired leaders of the world-

Mahatma Gandhi

The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, including the aw ard for investigative reporting

for stories- New York Times

The Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April 2013 - Suni

Kumar

The Surface Drive Based Interceptor of Indian Coast Guard Commissioned by the Chief Secret ary to Government of Maharashtra

Interceptor Boat C-154

The CMD, of NLC (Neyveli Lignite Corporation) who was conferred with the CEO with HR Orientation Award at the World HRD

Congress 2013 in Mumbai- B Surender Mohan

The book released by the Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari which is written by K. Natwar Singh, the former Union Minister

for External Affairs- Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past

The Congress MP from Banaskantha who passed away on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of multiple organ failure- Mukesh

Gadhvi

The place where the second meeting of India-Afghanistan-US trilateral dialogue was heldNew Delhi

Famous Italian musician and composer who had written the scores for about 300 films died at the age of 95- Armando Trovajoli

The former news editor of The Indian Express who died on 3 March 2013 in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest- SK Varma

The person who was appointed as the new High Commissioner to Maldives replacing D M Mulay- Rajeev Shahare

The Business tycoon who retained his title as the richest person of India for the sixth consecutive year with the net worth of 21.5

billion US Dollars- Mukesh Ambani

The author who was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer- Hariram Meena

The Venezuelan President who died due to cancer on 5 March 2013 at Caracas- Hugo Chavez

The Person who conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman - Pranab

Mukherjee

The Person who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by taking oath as 26th CM of the state

Mukul Manda Sangma

The Pollitical leader of Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was sworn in as Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third straight term on 5 March

2013- Neiphiu Rio

The chairman of local organising committee of the 2015 World Cup who died at the age of 68- James Strong


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The Person who took over as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) - MRP Rao

The people who was selected by the Parliamentary Award Committee for Outstanding Parliamen tarian Award for 2010, 2011 and

2012 respectively- Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav

The city which won the award for most liveable Indian city by IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013 event in New Delhi- Nagpur

Venezuelan Vice-President who was sworn in as Venezuelas acting president- Nicolas Maduro

86 years old Former West Bengal Governor and industrialist who died in Jordan after a heart attack- Viren J Shah

Former CBI Director, who was appointed as Governor of Nagaland- Ashwani Kumar

The Managing Director of Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, who was elected as the chairma n, CII Kerala State Council for

2013-14- C J George

The India Tourism Film, which claimed First Prize at 11th Golden City Gate Awards- Find What You Seek

76 years old legendary painter who died after a heart attack at a city hospital in Kolkata - Ganesh Pyne

The new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who was appointed as the President of China- Xi Jinping

The Chief Justice who was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by taking over the office from Baburam Bhattarai- Khil Ra

Regmi

The winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

The person who was elected as the Chairman of CII Karnataka- Soumitra Bhattacharya

The date on which World Consumer Rights Day was observed for creating awareness in terms ofconsumer protection measures as

well as consumer rights15 March 2013

The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay in touch with its space station astronauts - TDRS

(Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)

The person who emerged as winner to the first direct Presidential elections held in Czech Republic on 25 January 2013- Milos

Zeman

The renowned painter of Bengal School died on 1 February 2013 following a brief illness at Kolkata hospital- Shanu Lahiri

The prominent Pakistani journalist died on 2 February 2013 in New York following 4-year long fight with cancer- Ayesha Haroon

World cancer day was observed on - 4 February 2013

Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman

The Australian cricket captain who won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne on 4 February 2013- Michael Clarke

President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya

Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag


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The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration - Jigme

Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its

Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank

The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after his mercy petition was cancelled by the President

of India- Afzal Guru

The Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8 Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra

The 72 years old table tennis legend who died in Beijing on 10 February 2013 following lengthy fight with cancer- Zhuang Zedong

The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award ON 9 February 2013 - Pandit Rav

Shankar

US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO -led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan

Joseph Dunford

Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was concluded on- 11 Feb 2013

Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish -e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013Operation

Three Star

The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 - Hatf IX (NASR)

The Person appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February 2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty

Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013 - Lyonchhen Jigmi Y

Thinley

World Radio Day was observed on which day to raise awareness about the importance of radio- 12 February 2013

The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who sworn in as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013- Y Bhaskar Rao

The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15 February 2013 was Karnataka

The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke

Kumar Mukerji

The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013 because of the fears of Hindinvasion- Bangladesh

The Ecuador's President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50 percent of the vote- Rafael Correa

The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award 2011 by the President of

India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 - Ela Ramesh Bhatt

The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the age of 68 on 19 February 2013 - Radhakishan

Malviya


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The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Dev elopment Authority (IRDA) on 21

February 2013- T. S. Vijayan

The former head of Tata Group who was awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013

Ratan Tata

The Car Rally that was flagged off from the Helipad Groun d in Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal on 22 February 2013- Silk Route Ca

Rally

The playbook which won four awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on 24 February 2013 - Silver Linings

Playbook

The Person who had sworn -in as the first woman President of South Korea on 25 February 2013- Park Geun-hye

The person who on 25 January 2013 became Czech Republics first directly elected President as per the Czech Republic Presidentia

election results- Milos Zeman

The Bollywood superstar who topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list -Shahrukh Khan

The renowned playback singer, who on 26 January 2013 refused to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan -Sreeramamurthy

Janaki

The ballistic missile successfully test fired by India with a strike range of around 700 kilometres, from an underwater platform in

Bay of Bengal-K15

The Kannada author who was shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2 013

UR Ananthamurthy

The major ofRashtriya Rifles who was selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts in counter- terrorist operations

in J&K- Major Abup J Manjali

The mastermind of 26/11 terror attack who was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment by the U.S. Federal District Court Judge

Harry Leinenweber- David Coleman Headley

The Islamic school of India which on 23 January 2013 demanded that the controversial writers sh ould be banned from 6th edition

of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)- Darul Uloom Deoband

The two Scientists awarded with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI)- Dr. A.E

Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat

The Chennai-born Scientist of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient Initiative, Canada who was awarded with CanadasHighest Civilian Award the Order of Canada- Venkatesh Mannar

The former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor who constituted the 14th Finance Commi ssion under Union Government in

January 2013- Yaga Venugopal Reddy

The place at which the foundation stone of the state-of-the-art National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India

(UIDAI) was laid- Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana

The first fast patrol vessel (FPV), launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on 8 January 2013 which was built for the Indian Coast

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The Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hea r cases of crime against women was constituted by

Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir

Keeping under consideration the sharp increase in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January 2013 approved the Ministry

of Rural Developments proposal to increase the unit cost under- Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)

The person elected by Shiv Sena as the President of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena Headquarters at Dadar, Central Mumbai

Uddhav Thackeray

The BJP President who on 22 January 2013 resigned from his post as after his resignation, Rajnath Singh was elected as the party

chief- Nitin Gadkari

The Female sports personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated by Election Commission of

India as National Icons- Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal

The largest shore patrol vessel which was commissioned in the eastern coast for mar itime surveillance around Andaman and

Nicobar Islands- INS Saryu

Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Pa rty, during the Atal Shankhnaad

Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh

The third oldest elephant of the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira Park Zoo of Japan- Hanako

The congress MP who on 19 January 2013 declared the new vice -president of Indian National Congress after the decision made by

the Congress Working Committee- Rahul Gandhi

The actor and the actress who bagged the best actor and actress award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards given away on 20 January

2013- Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan

The Dutch Coach who in the month of January was appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team- Roelant

Oltmans

The Indian researcher who was selected to be felicitated with the Young Investigator Scholarship Award for his work on

Alzheimer's drug- Mahaveer Golechha

The Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for World

Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath

Indian-origin women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on 14 January 2013 by

replacing Michael Palmer- Halimah Yacob

The place at where ITU summoned the World Conference on International Telecommunications held from 3-14 Dec 2012- Dubai

The former all-rounder of India from Surat who died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76 years- Rusi Framroze Surti

The place at which Indian and Pakistani armies held Brigade Commander -level flag meeting- Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district in

Jammu and Kashmir

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